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The digestive physiology of wild ruminants

  • Kay R
  • v. Engelhardt W
  • White R
Springer Netherlands, (1980), 743-761
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-8067-2_36
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Abstract

Ruminant animals have proved remarkably adaptable and successful herbivores. The suborder Ruminantia comprises 176 species ranging in weight from about 1 kg in the lesser mousedeer (Tragulus javanicus) to 1000 kg in a large bull giraffe (Giraffa camelopardis). The suborder Tylopoda, on the other hand, is a relict group of only six species of camelids and will be referred to only occasionally for comparison with the Ruminantia55.

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Kay, R. N. B., v. Engelhardt, W., & White, R. G. (1980). The digestive physiology of wild ruminants. In Digestive Physiology and Metabolism in Ruminants (pp. 743–761). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8067-2_36

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